Today we’re excited to roll out a major upgrade to our Flash player’s user interface. I’ve embedded a video below so you can see it in action, but allow me to highlight some of the changes:

• Player controls now disappear when the mouse is not over the flash player (we had rolled out an early version of this a few weeks ago too)
• Larger Play/Pause button to the bottom left
• A larger, easier to navigate timeline, with time codes present when rolling over the the timeline with your mouse and a clear marker of where you are in the video
• To the lower right, the video quality button is larger and integrated within the Flash player

These are small, but important changes that we hope you enjoy. As we move into 2009, we’ll be making periodic updates to the Flash player, introducing newer and more interactive functionality. We’d love to hear what think and what kind of functionality you’d like to see in the Flash player, so please leave your comments below and let us know!

2009 is gearing up to be a big year for Revision3.com, so be sure to keep us bookmarked and keep coming back to see what’s new and what’s changed.

We’d also like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for their support for what’s been an amazing 2008 and wish you and yours a very Happy New Year!

Thanks.

If you live in the Los Angeles area we hope you can make it. The Knitting Factory is one of the coolest venues we’ve ever booked for a live Diggnation, but capacity is limited, so you better get there early to make sure you can get in!

Details:
When:
January 14, 2009 - Doors open at 7 PM

Where:
Knitting Factory
7021 Hollywood Blvd.
Hollywood, California 90028

Let everyone know you’re coming:
Upcoming.org Event Details
Facebook Event Details

We hope we see you there!

We are extremely saddened that today’s episode of EPIC FU will be the last one distributed by Revision3. The good news, however, is that EPIC FU is absolutely NOT going away. The show will continue its goal and mission, and will continue to enjoy the two-way street that is the ongoing conversation with all of EPIC FU’s viewers and participants.

New episodes of EPIC FU will be available at http://www.epicfu.com, so be sure to stay tuned in 2009 for more EPIC FU.

“What’s this?” you may ask, “I thought that show was canceled?” It was. Back in October, we stopped producing PixelPerfect (one of our longest running and personal favorite shows), as part of a broader revamp of our lineup.

We knew that PixelPerfect had a lot of fans, but we were blown away by the show’s strong, devoted and loyal audience. You spoke, through a flood of e-mails, tweets, IMs and every other imaginable form of communication short of carrier pigeon.

We listened. So today marks the return of PixelPerfect. We’ve got some great episodes coming up, as master artist and teacher Bert Monroy returns with a wide range of insightful Photoshop and Illustrator tips, along with a sneak peek at the upcoming Adobe CS4 suite.

If you love PixelPerfect and want us to continue to produce new episodes, there are just three simple things you need to do:
1. Watch the show, every week, every episode. Subscribe to it via iTunes or your favorite RSS reader.

2. Support all of our Pixel Perfect sponsors, including GoDaddy, Netflix and nVidia, using our PixelPerfect codes where appropriate.

3. Tell your friends, co-workers, associates…basically everyone you know, about the show. If the audience of PixelPerfect grows to a higher level, then that will ensure that we regularly keep bringing you new episodes.

So what are you waiting for? Go watch the newest episode and enjoy the return of PixelPerfect!

If you’re a registered user and chosen to receive e-mails from us, you’re already receiving it. Want to get it in your inbox? If you haven’t signed up for an account on revision3.com yet, simply register, be sure to check the box under “Contact Options” and we’ll send it to you automatically! Don’t want to get it? Unsubscribing is a snap, you can do that by clicking unsubscribe from your email that we sent you, or you can set your contact preferences in your account. And for anyone who wants our weekly update, make sure and add “newsletter-owner@revision3.com” to your address book or email whitelist as a trusted sender.

Oh, and if you’d rather read it online, you can check it out here on revision3.com. We’ll be posting the newsletter to our blog everytime we send it out, so you can also read it at revision3.com/blog if you prefer!

Look for more alerting and updates from Revision3 as we go into next year, including a clip of the day and more. And if you’re not following @Revision3 on twitter, that’s also a good way to stay connected!

- Jim Louderback

For the 2009 event, we’ve been working closely with the ROFLThing crew to finagle a venue bodacious enough to house all the action on January 24th (that’s Santos Party House NYC), and we’re officially on board with what’s shaping up to be the hottest Internet culture event. Check out ROFLThing for details. More to come!

January 24th in New York City. Get ready.

Last night we launched something many of you have been clamoring for: Our new Revision3 store. I’m very proud of the hard work our team put into the store; launching it was not unlike building a house, with lots of moving parts, contractors and decorators to manage.

But unlike a house, which might get a new addition every ten years, what you see today is just the beginning, just our first step. We have a lot of great plans going forward, and you’ll see expansions and updates over the coming days and weeks.

Although we’re happy with the first round of products in our store, including the great Scam School and Tekzilla shirts, and the new female-sized shirts, some of you have wondered why we didn’t have more products available. They are on the way! This is just the first lineup of products – we expect a new crop of products up on the site within a few weeks, including hoodies – and maybe even Tekzilla hot sauce!

As for issues shipping outside of the US, we’re working to address that as quickly as possible.

Some of our fans wondered why we launched at all, given that we’ve discussed a broader range of products. I thought it was important that we launch something this week, so that we had an initial release available for the holiday season – rather than waiting until next year. And remember, as Lao Tzu says, this is just a first step. Our store will include a constantly evolving set of products and features that should please everyone.

Want to help with the next step? We’re going to be adding new pictures of our products “in action”, as modeled by our staff. But we’d rather run pictures of you decked out in our Revision3 gear. So here’s my challenge to all of you: snap a picture of yourself in one of our new shirts, hats, or using some of the gear to come. Post the picture in the forum, or link to it posted on Flickr or elsewhere. For a limited time, if we end up using your picture in our store, we’ll give you anything you want at the store for free!

Check out the new Revision3 store! >>>

I’ve been a big fan of Woot! for years, and I’ve been captivated by home shopping shows as well. I’ve always thought there would be a way to mash-up internet video, shopping, product demonstrations and a bit of an edge. Tonight, here at Revision3, we’re going to take a first stab at a live product / shopping experience, using our live player, Meebo-based chat, and our test partners at HP.

When you tune in, you’ll see me, joined by a number of Revision3 employees and friends, showing off four very different HP notebooks. From the page, in turn, you can link over to HPs site to explore, customize and price out, and buy these notebooks.

But that’s not all. You’ll also see the debut of our new Revision3 store, and a sneak peek at some of the awesome new shirts, hats and other branded gear we’ve been developing.

Why do a shopping show? Because we think there’s an opportunity to introduce you to some cool new products, and make money at the same time. To be clear, we teamed up with HP for two reasons – one because they make some pretty nice products. But primarily because it’s a way to bring more money into Revision3, and to help pay for the shows that we produce, and give away for free.

So if you like what we do at Revision3, come support us. Check out www.revision3.com/dealsftw, watch what we’re doing, and comment in the chat room. And let us know what you think. We’re going to work to incorporate your comments in the next version of DealsFTW. Thanks for watching, and don’t remember to click on our Check Prices link and buy stuff from our stores!

You can also see captions on episode 33 of Scam School, and we’ll be adding a couple more episodes very soon.

So what do you think? Is this something you’d like to see on Revision3.com? Let us know in the below poll

Also let us know what you think in the comments, as well if there are any other languages you’d like to see. We’re evaluating this sort of feature and seeing if it’s worth pursuing in the future, so any and all feedback you can provide would help a lot.

thanks.